Convicted drug dealers and their homes can now be searched without a warrant under a trial of sweeping new police powers.
The New South Wales pilot program will allow police to apply to issue a Drug Supply Prohibition Order on a person if they have been convicted of a “serious drug offence” in the past 10 years.
Once the order has been issued, authorities can then gain entry to any homes, cars, planes and boats the alleged offender is in and search them without a warrant.
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